2011 reading

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So, I decided this year to keep track of my reading.


[music-related] Rat Girl: A Memoir by Kristin Hersh
Doonesbury and the Art of G.B. Trudeau by Brian Walker
[music-related] Husker Du: The Story of the Noise-Pop Pioneers Who Launched Modern Rock by Andrew Earles
[ST] Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire by David R. George III
[DW] Iris: Abroad edited by Paul Magrs and Stuart Douglas
Chasing the Cyclops: The Making of the Powysverse Mythology by William Latham
Tied In: The Business, History, and Craft of Media Tie-In Writing edited by Lee Goldberg
Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale [graphic novel] by Joss Whedon, Zach Whedon, and Chris Samnee
[REH] Solomon Kane: Death's Black Riders [graphic novel] by Scott Allie and Mario Guevara (based on the character created by Robert E. Howard)
[REH] The Chronicles of Kull Volume 3: Screams in the Dark and Other Stories [graphic novel] by Roy Thomas et al. (based on the character created by Robert E. Howard)
[ST] Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Paths of Disharmony by Dayton Ward
The Best Laid Plans by Terry Fallis
[DW] Doctor Who: Imperial Moon by Christopher Bulis (Past Doctor Adventure featuring the Fifth Doctor)
[crime] Turncoat: A Marc Edwards Mystery by Don Gutteridge
The Devil's Paintbrush by Jake Arnott
[crime] Blue City by Ross MacDonald
[SFF] Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology edited by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel
The Walking Dead Volume 1: Days Gone Bye [graphic novel] by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore
The Walking Dead Volume 2: Miles Behind Us [graphic novel] by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard
House of Mystery Volume 3: The Space Between [graphic novel] by Matthew Sturges et al.
House of Mystery Volume 4: The Beauty of Decay [graphic novel] by Matthew Sturges et al.
House of Mystery Volume 5: Under New Management [graphic novel] by Matthew Sturges et al.
[SFF] The Scar by China Mieville
Space: 1999: Android Planet by John Rankine (2011 revised edition)
Unwritten Volume 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity [graphic novel] by Mike Carey and Peter Gross
Hellboy Volume 1: Seed of Destruction [graphic novel] by Mike Mignola and John Byrne
[SFF] Madness of Flowers: A Novel of the City Imperishable by Jay Lake
[crime] Nightmare in the Street by Derek Raymond
The Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine
Hellblazer: Pandemonium [graphic novel] by Jamie Delano and Jock
[SFF] The Third Bear by Jeff Vandermeer
[ST] Star Trek: The Next Generation: Indistinguishable from Magic by David McIntee
[REH] The Chronicles of Solomon Kane [graphic novel] by Roy Thomas et al. (based on the character created by Robert E. Howard)
[crime] The Three Roads by Ross MacDonald
[ST] Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations: Watching the Clock by Christopher L. Bennett
[DW] Doctor Who: Shining Darkness by Mark Michalowski (Tenth Doctor)
[PKD] The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick Volume One 1938-1971 by Philip K. Dick
[PKD] Lies Inc. by Philip K. Dick
[PKD] Humpty Dumpty in Oakland by Philip K. Dick
Mister Wonderful [graphic novel] by Daniel Clowes
Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor [graphic novel] by Masamune Shirow
[crime] The Way Home by George Pelecanos
[DW] Enter Wildthyme by Paul Magrs
[crime] The Ferguson Affair by Ross MacDonald
[crime] Murder is My Business by Brett Halliday
[DW] Doctor Who: The Story of Martha by Dan Abnett et al.
[DW] Doctor Who: Beautiful Chaos by Gary Russell
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
The King's Coat by Dewey Lambdin
[music-related] Magazine: The Biography by Helen Chase
[music-related] Just Kids by Patti Smith
[ST] Star Trek: Voyager: Children of the Storm by Kirsten Beyer
[DW] Doctor Who: Wolfsbane by Jac Rayner (Fourth and Eighth Doctors)
Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
[music-related] Steve Diggle's Harmony in My Head by Terry Rawlings
[crime] Solemn Vows: A Marc Edwards Mystery by Don Gutteridge
[SFF] The Dewey Decimal System by Nathan Larson
[SFF] Kraken: An Anatomy by China Mieville
[SFF] Random Acts of Senseless Violence by Jack Womack
[SFF] Going Going Gone by Jack Womack
A Sickness in the Family [graphic novel] by Denise Mina and Antonio Fuso
[crime] The End of the Wasp Season by Denise Mina
The High Road by Terry Fallis
[SFF] The Resurrectionist by Jack O'Connell
[SFF] Swords & Dark Magic edited by Jonathan Strahan and Lou Anders
[crime] Vital Secrets: A Marc Edwards Mystery by Don Gutteridge
Bullfighting by Roddy Doyle
[crime] Tower by Ken Bruen and Reed Farrel Coleman
[ST] Star Trek: Vanguard: Declassified by Dayton Ward, Kevin Dilmore, Marco Palmieri, and David Mack
[DW] Faction Paradox: A Romance in Twelve Parts edited by Stuart Douglas and Lawrence Miles
[DW] Torchwood: Risk Assessment by James Goss
[DW] Torchwood: The Undertaker's Gift by Trevor Baxendale
[crime] Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott
[ST] Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: The Edge by Rudy Josephs
[DW] Torchwood: Consequences by James Moran et al.
[DW] Torchwood: First Born by James Goss
[ST] Star Trek: Cast No Shadow by James Swallow
[ST] Prime Directive by Brian D. Dietrick
[DW] Doctor Who: Short Trips: Past Tense edited by Ian Farrington
[DW] Torchwood: Long Time Dead by Sarah Pinborough
[DW] Single White Who Fan by Jackie Jenkins
[DW] The Dreadful Flap and Other Stories by Paul Magrs / The Sacrificial Pawn and Other Stories by George Mann
[crime] Nobody's Angel by Jack Clark
[SFF] Bioshock: Rapture by John Shirley
[DW] Torchwood: The Men Who Sold the World by Guy Adams
[HPL] The Damned Highway by Brian Keene and Nick Mamatas
Gotham Central Book One: In the Line of Duty [graphic novel] by Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka
Gotham Central Book Two: Jokers and Madmen [graphic novel] by Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka
[SFF] Chasm City by Alastair Reynolds
In the Stacks: Short Stories About Libraries and Librarians edited by Michael Cart
[SFF] Singularity Sky by Charles Stross
Granta 116: Ten Years Later edited by John Freeman
[ST] Star Trek: A Choice of Catastrophes by Michael Schuser and Steve Mollmann
Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan
God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens
[crime] Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane
[SFF] The Magicians by Lev Grossman
[crime] Cold Dark Matter by Alex Brett
Siege of Heaven by Tom Harper
[ST] Star Trek: Vanguard: What Judgments Come by Dayton Ward and Kevin Dilmore
[DW] Doctor Who: The Silent Stars Go By by Dan Abnett (Eleventh Doctor)
[music-related] Totally Wired: Postpunk Interviews and Overviews by Simon Reynolds
[DW] Senor 105 & the Elements of Danger edited by Cody Quijano-Schell
[ST] Star Trek: Enterprise: The Romulan War: To Brave the Storm by Michael A. Martin
[music-related] Tell Me When It's Over: Notes From the Paisley Underground edited by Clive Jones
Gotham Central Book Three: On the Freak Beat [graphic novel] by Greg Rucka and Ed Brubaker
[ST] Star Trek: Burden of Knowledge [graphic novel] by Scott Tipton and David Tipton
[ST] Star Trek: Leonard McCoy, Frontier Doctor [graphic novel] by John Byrne
[music-related] Bring the Noise: 20 Years of Writing About Hip Rock and Hip Hop by Simon Reynolds
[HPL] The Strange Cases of Rudolph Pearson by William Jones
[music-related] Under the Ivy: The Life and Music of Kate Bush by Graeme Thomson
[HPL] Historical Lovecraft: Tales of Horror Through Time edited by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Paula R. Stiles
[crime] Losers Live Longer by Russell Attwood
[crime] Fake I.D. by Jason Starr
[crime] Quarry in the Middle by Max Allan Collins
[music-related] Dummy by R.J. Wheaton
[crime] Gun Work by David J. Schow
[crime] Songs of Innocence by Richard Aleas
Coronation Street: Early Days by H.V. Kershaw
[music-related] Another Green World by Geeta Dayal
[DW] Doctor Who: Eye of Heaven by Jim Mortimore (Fourth Doctor)
[DW] Doctor Who: Short Trips: The History of Christmas edited by Simon Guerrier
[DW] Wiped: Doctor Who's Missing Episodes by Richard Molesworth

Star Trek, Doctor Who, music, mysteries including several Hard Case Crime books, some Lovecraftian stuff, some Philip K. Dick, some literary fiction, a fair number of graphic novels, some good new fantasy and SF... and a Coronation Street novelization. Not a bad mix. Tagged some of the titles to get a sense of trends. As has probably been the case for some time, there's more Doctor Who than Star Trek, and more crime fiction than non tie-in science fiction or fantasy.

Comments

[dewline.livejournal.com]

There've been "Corrie" novels for how long?

[steve-roby.livejournal.com]

Three were published back around 1976, adapting some of the early 1960s stories. There have been a few others more recently, like the epic novel first published for the 30th anniversary adapting some of the major stories over the years that's apparently been updated a few times to include more recent stuff. There are also a few historical novels set during WWI and WW2. I've only read the first edition of the epic novel and the first of the trilogy. Unsurprisingly, it's not easy to novelize a show with a huge cast and a bunch of intermingling storylines that don't all start and end at the same time.

I read this one because of the return of the character Dennis Tanner after a few decades. Will probably read the next two books eventually.